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Bulli:
procomps are good , available form all good retailers..Paddocks or direct

paul_humphreys:

--- Quote from: "neil thorne" ---i have a 2" lift and it has the extended top shock mounts already fitted.
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As I have read it you have extented top shock mounts. The OME longer ones are a lot longer so the truets have to be taller. If you have shorter mounts on the front then standard length shocks. As for the back longer of shock lower mounts, you will need bigger/longer bump stops.

I was told by Gwyn Lewis that you need more up travel on the front and more downward on the back.

Paul

Sooty:
Hi Neil
My advice is be careful! if you already have lowered top damper mounts on the back and you fit 2" longer dampers then you will need dislocation cones, you MUST also fit a longer flexable brake pipe from body to axle otherwise if you bounce the vehicle up in the air at the back the axle will drop down too far and if you are luck it will rip the mounting off the body (more likely it will snap the brake pipe).
Going the other direction the dampers will bottom out before the axle hits the bump stops and burst the dampers, the warranty will also be out the window if the suppliers find out, you therefore MUST fit extended bump stops.
As far as I can see you will not gain a great deal unless you intend to increase the lift to 4" and then we start on the front :roll:
Hope you like spending money :wink:
As for type, you pays your money and you makes your choice, for what it is worth I have 2"longer ES9000 on mine with standard mounts.

chuggaman:

--- Quote from: "Budgie" ---Just a though but: If you've got the 2" drop on the top mount and you plan to fit +2" shocks, will they not "top out" (fully compress the shocker) on full articulation when the uppermost wheel goes into the arch?  :?
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you are absolutly right budgie

neil if you lift the suspension 2 inches your shocks will be too short

now you have counteracted this by fitting minus 2 inch shock mounts

if you put longer shocks on the one wheel will travel down and your opposite shock can top out

if you want to put plus 2 shocks on then you may consider lifting your suspension another inch

on my front i have a four inch lift with lowered top mounts and plus 2 shocks(correct setup)

and on the back i have four inch lift with lowered top mounts and plus 4 shocks....(not the correct setup )and i only just miss the rear shocks topping out by about an inch

so you guessed it im going up another inch on the rear



i reccomend procomp es 9000

mike
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Dr Neil:
thanks for all your help guys :)

so just to clarify, if i fit +2" shocks and dislocation cones to my present setup(lowered shock mounts on rear and lowered turrets on front) i will need to fit extended bump stops and longer brake flexes front and rear?

to lift the suspension another inch could i get away with fitting spacers on the +2"springs or would i need to change them too?

would this then eleviate the risk of the shocks topping out which was one of the reasons for the origional post?

Thanks Neil......

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